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[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

Did you just assume Gaming Night's transness? Transsexual is a thing, and it's distinct from transgender.

[-] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

It's not really that distinct, no. Not unless you're transmed and believe pre and post op trans people need to divided from each other.

Youre free to use whatever terms you'd like to use for yourself, but transsexual was how people referred to all transgender people until the term transgender took off in the late 90s.

[-] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

You might say that term is a bit of a time warp.

[-] dean@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

go on bluesky and nearly the entire trans community uses the word transsexual. not in a transmed way (the community, at least my bubble, was very anti-transmed), but rather a "much of my trans identity comes from body dysphoria" way. when I was experimenting with bsky it was definitely a culture shock lol. I ultimately ditched bsky for separate reasons though

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

oh, then i am very sorri. i as genuinely not aware and assumed that it was an old-timey word. i apologize.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 months ago

Even if it were an old timey word what's the issue?

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

It implies a sex change op which is quite invasive of people's privacy. It's also inaccurate for a lot of trans folks who may only change their gender expression and avoid the operation altogether, hence the adoption of transgender that has the right emphasis.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe -1 points 2 months ago

Not what I asked, but understood

[-] Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

It seems quite literally what you asked? If not then you should rephrase.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

What's the issue?
It has the wrong implications.

Sorry, I wasn't clear!

~It~ ~also~ ~sounds~ ~lewd~ ~but~ ~there's~ ~a~ ~similar~ ~debate~ ~about~ ~"queer"~ ~even~ ~though~ ~that~ ~one~ ~has~ ~been~ ~mostly~ ~reclaimed.~

[-] Dragonborn3810@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Not op, but I was taught by one of my trans friends it was an old term and not very correct nowadays as it inferred being trans was something sexual and not just yknow, bring trans ig

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Can you explain what it means to me? I'm nb and I've always disliked it because it tends to confuse people, making them think being trans is a sexuality.

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